--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/pxnpm/v/7.0.4" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/pxnpm/v/7.0.4.md" package: "pxnpm" report_status: "published" title: "pxnpm@7.0.4 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "7.0.4" --- # pxnpm@7.0.4 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 14 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Unknown - **Selected version:** 7.0.4 - **Selected version is latest:** Yes - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions. AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. The source verifies automatic downloads and forced routing of package-manager traffic through package-specific endpoints, but does not prove credential collection or malicious payload delivery. Treat the unresolved control over dependency resolution as a warning. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 88.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-19T04:51:31.348Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-19T04:52:25.137Z - **Download time:** 516 ms - **Static scan time:** 34 ms - **AI review time:** 53239 ms - **Total time:** 53789 ms The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs. ## Security analysis ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** The launcher routes package-manager traffic through a fixed registry and embedded authenticated proxy, while discarding caller-supplied network overrides. This creates unresolved risk around who controls package resolution; the inspected source does not establish secret collection or a malicious response. - **Trigger:** The postinstall hook downloads the native engine, and later CLI invocations prepare the fixed network settings before launching it. - **Impact:** The selected service can observe package requests and influence package resolution. The source does not show local secret collection or prove that the service returns malicious packages. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, bin/install.cjs, dist/launcher.cjs, dist/download.cjs, dist/native-manifest.json - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-19T04:52:25.137Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The launcher sets a package-specific registry, decodes and applies an embedded proxy value, and removes environment overrides for registry and proxy settings. - **Rationale:** The source verifies automatic downloads and forced routing of package-manager traffic through package-specific endpoints, but does not prove credential collection or malicious payload delivery. Treat the unresolved control over dependency resolution as a warning. - **Files touched:** package.json, bin/install.cjs, dist/launcher.cjs, dist/download.cjs, dist/native-manifest.json - **Network endpoints:** registry-pxnpm.rdc.nfjbill.ren:20021, registry-pxnpm.rdc.nfjbill.ren:20022, https://registry-pxnpm.rdc.nfjbill.ren:20021/\_\_static/srv/downloads/pxnpm ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 88.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The package runs bin/install.cjs from postinstall, and that script calls ensureNative., The native download manifest sets a fixed download policy and points to a package-specific registry host; download.cjs requests the selected URL and verifies the archive and binary against manifest sizes and hashes., The launcher decodes an embedded proxy value and applies it to HTTP and HTTPS proxy settings., The launcher sets a fixed registry and removes caller-supplied network overrides before passing the environment to the native package manager., Running the CLI invokes ensureNative and then launches the native binary with the prepared environment. - **Evidence against:** The native download is checked against manifest size and SHA-256 values., The README describes support for private archive dependencies, which is consistent with some package-specific registry routing. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to pxnpm@7.0.4. - Review the evidence and your use of pxnpm@7.0.4 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report. - Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe. ## Public findings ### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node bin/install.cjs ``` ### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node bin/install.cjs ``` ### 3. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** bin/install.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L2: 'use strict'; L3: require('../dist/download.cjs').ensureNative().catch(error => { L4: console.error(`pxnpm: ${error.message}`); ``` ### 5. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 6. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 7. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 8. High: Base64 Obscured Url - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 82.0% - **Path:** dist/launcher.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Source decodes a Base64-obscured HTTP endpoint at runtime. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L2: const path = require('node:path'); L3: const {spawn} = require('node:child_process'); L4: const {ensureNative, nativePlatform} = require('./download.cjs'); ... L7: L8: function prepare(args, inherited = process.env, defaultProxy = releaseProxy.startsWith('__') ? undefined : Buffer.from(releaseProxy, 'base64').toString()) { L9: const env = {...inherited, WORKSPACE_PWD: process.cwd()}; L10: const networkKey = key => /^(?:registry|registries|proxy|https[-_]proxy|http[-_]proxy|no[-_]proxy|noproxy|pnpr[-_]server)$/i.test(key) || /:registry$/i.test(key); ... L27: const command = result[0]; L28: env.PXNPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY = 'https://registry-pxnpm.rdc.nfjbill.ren:20021/'; L29: if (defaultProxy) { ... L46: if (args.length === 1 && ['--version','-v'].includes(args[0])) { L47: console.log(requir ``` ### 9. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 10. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 11. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 90.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ### 12. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/download.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = pxnpm@7.0.3 matchedPath = dist/download.cjs matchedIdentity = npm:cHhucG0:7.0.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 13. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/launcher.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = pxnpm@7.0.3 matchedPath = dist/launcher.cjs matchedIdentity = npm:cHhucG0:7.0.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 14. High: Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/download.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Source fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature signature = 158cef75606c9f12 signatureType = suspicious_hashes sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious matchedPackage = pxnpm@7.0.3 matchedPath = dist/download.cjs matchedIdentity = npm:cHhucG0:7.0.3 similarity = 1.000 shingleOverlap = 6 summary = package final verdict is malicious ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall - **Dependencies:** 0 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0 ## Package metadata - **Package:** pxnpm - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 7.0.4 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-10-19T04:49:24.161Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-10-15T06:44:54.915Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-19T04:52:25.137Z - **Known versions:** 7 - **Latest version:** 7.0.4 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** ARK package manager based on the pnpm 12.9.1 native engine - **Maintainers:** nfjbill - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.12 - **Artifact files:** 10 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 17,144 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]()